Instrumental Rock

Moody Blues/Rock/Ambient Instrumental

The rain falls on my shoulders just more to overcome This moment seems to hang and float thats the rule of thumb But now I'm soaring on the wind A fleck of dust up in the sky Where tiny clouds go sailing by Pull me down and purify…

Short (8-sec.) recording of flutter-tonguing on a clarinet, stretched 30 times. Submitted to Sound-In for 18-25/2/2021.

Well this is number 10 and the last for my RPM 2021 Album about the Tv program Bride at first sight Australia and complications involved in marrying a bride at first sight. This one is about trying to end such a marriage and they won't have it…

Reach out for the sun, You're not the only one Warmth on your face Move to a better place You don't have to stay You can just move away

John wrote this in 1972. 9 years earlier, as an 8th grader living in West Virginia, he knew the day would come when he would "set sail" to other parts of the country/world. That day came in 1975 with a journey that ultimately landed him in New…

This song is about my Grandparent's farm that was in West Virginia. The name "Naugatuck" is derived from an Algonquian term meaning "lone tree by the fishing place". The rich memories I have of the place are from when I was just shy of my sixth…

Vignettes (RPM '21)

This year's six-minute depressive Dad-rock ballad. ------------------------------------------------------ Sitting around on a Friday afternoon, Feeling hungry and alone There aint nothin worth eatin in the fridge, noone to call on the phone…

RPM Challenge - NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY - PENSION TIME

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY SHE LOVES A MARRIED MAN

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY MOTHER

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY SHE'S NOT WHAT SHE SEEM SEEMS

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY THE PICTURE

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY TO MY SON ON HIS WEDDING DAY

The fifth song started for the RPM Challenge is the fourth finished, and it's the title song for the album (assuming I don't change my mind in the next five days). Lyrically this is a write what you know kind of song. The Guilt Machine in…

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY I'M TALKING TO YOU

RPM CHALLENGE NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY TELL ME HE LIED

Carl wrote this song somewhere around July of 2020. Back in the 80's we had a song we wrote/performed called "Louisa". I don't know if the subject matter is related. Carl recorded the song with just him and his guitar. I imported into my Tascam…

My elementary school colors